AuthorTopic: New install with no ethernet or wifi (Read 12078 times)

Regarding wireless: I have the same card you do. madwifi (shipped with VL 5.9) does work. ath5k does not with this card/chipset.

Please post the output of:

/sbin/ifconifg -a

Let's see if your card is recognized and assigned interface ath0. If so, go into wifi-radar and there is a button at the bottom right for configuration or preferences, I forget which. The version of wifi-radar shipped with VL 5.9 doesn't auto-detect the interface and mis-assigns to something other than ath0. Change that to ath0 is wifi configuration should be straightforward from there.

The other option is to enable the patches repository in gslapt (you should do this anyway) and upgrade wifi-radar to version 1.9.9. That version should autodetect your card.

Regarding wireless: I have the same card you do. madwifi (shipped with VL 5.9) does work. ath5k does not with this card/chipset.

Please post the output of:

/sbin/ifconifg -a

Let's see if your card is recognized and assigned interface ath0. If so, go into wifi-radar and there is a button at the bottom right for configuration or preferences, I forget which. The version of wifi-radar shipped with VL 5.9 doesn't auto-detect the interface and mis-assigns to something other than ath0. Change that to ath0 is wifi configuration should be straightforward from there.

The other option is to enable the patches repository in gslapt (you should do this anyway) and upgrade wifi-radar to version 1.9.9. That version should autodetect your card.

I messed around with the "wifi radar" app and the preferences menu in the lower right hand corner. I am running a wpa protected home network and the i don't know what to type in the driver box for the wpa option. I typed in "wpa_supllicant" and "ath_pci" and they didn't work. Searching this forum for "wpa driver" turned up nothing.

Wifi and ethernet still doesn't work.

Regarding the eth0 connection that isn't working... I saw this article on digg about the new kernel and it talked about intel ethernet issues. Does that mean anything?

Based on your ifconfig -a output your eth0 is getting an IP. Do es that get reply while trying to ping your router?You have 3 network device in your system, eth0 is refering to the Realtek or the Intersil device?

Based on your ifconfig -a output your eth0 is getting an IP. Do es that get reply while trying to ping your router?You have 3 network device in your system, eth0 is refering to the Realtek or the Intersil device?

I don't follow you.

When I got to VasmCC and click on netconf... it tries to set up eth0. I dont specify anything when I ping my router. I just type "ping 192.168.0.1"

According to your ifconfig, your eth0 is set with an IP 192.168.0.199. Is your router distribute the IP manually or via DHCP? In VASM or VASMCC, you can configure your eth0 either with static IP (manually specific an IP) nor get it from your router via DHCP.

OK. Now can you get any reply pinging your router? If yes then that mean your network connection is established. If you cannot surf net one of the possible problem is due to DNS setting. Some ISP will provide a dedicated DNS, either you set it in your VL using VASM/VASMCC or you can put it in your router and distribute it to your system via DHCP.

I saw that there are 3 network devices in your system. And it seem the modules is loaded for all 3. Maybe we start to tackle 1 network devices one at time....

and... successful? AMAZING! ok great... I have a lease on the 192.168.0.199 for 999999 minutes. For my linux ego, is there a rational explanation for why it didn't connect all the other times? And will it do this in the future?

I am updating the vector laptop with gslapt now. I will post from there after vlwifi is updated.

Careful with that. You will find that unlike other distributions the upgrade button is disabled in gslapt.This is because things might get broken if you upgrade wildly.From my own experience they actually don't, but I wouldn't advise it anyway.

You can still upgrade everything from the command line, but it's really not something to be recommended on a fresh 5.9 Standard install:

slapt-get --updateslapt-get --upgrade -sThe -s switch will "simulate" the upgrade and you can see what is new in the repositories.Also, make sure you enable the patches repository in your gslapt sources.

Ping still works from both the laptop to the router and router to laptop. But the browser doesnt connect. I don't think anything is using the eth0 connection. Gslapt shows a zero download rate as it runs through its dependencies and lists. I tried downloading the wicd and I think it may have disabled the connection. It also made wifi-radar disappear as an app accessible from the network menu. There are still some files at /etc/wifi-radar/ though.

I guess i am back to square one... should i have done something different (had the pmcia card out? prayed more? voted republican?) during the install process?

Hey everyone. I wanted to thank you for the help over the week. I got my laptop working but not with vector. I googled and googled some more until I found this walkthrough.

With opensuse and those directions, I had wifi and ethernet up in about an hour. Maybe some resources like that may help with the learning curve. I didn't have to post a single item in the opensuse forums.

With the amount of atheros/wifi issues, would you get less posts on the subject with a similar approach?

Again thank you, you have a wonderful and active community here that treats users with respect.